Hello Dear Wisdom,
Few days ago I sent an e-mail about who was doing Swank Digital campus. I was
asked if I could do a summary of all the replies.
My issue was I would like to do Swank but have the films in our catalog and not
just in blackboard or any other course management.
Off the replies I
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Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 4:17 PM
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Subject: Re: [Videolib] Swank Digital Campus
Hey Kim
As you know, this is one of the many things that gets me seeing crimson.
I am
I am not sure if we are talking about the same kind of film, but fiction
feature films are nearly always licensed from large companies or sales
agents that represent them and you definitely may not license them to
anyone beyond the term of your contract without their agreement. I imagine
if you
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Subject: Re: [Videolib] Swank Digital Campus
Hey Kim
As you know, this is one of the many things that gets me seeing crimson.
I am categorically NOT one of those librarian types that refuses to let
go
of traditional function or to embrace new...but: I can see
Thank you, Elizabeth for this clarity.
I had been told the same thing from Criterion, in Canada.
However, many of the distributors who have digital rights do not uphold
this belief.
They tell us that they cannot license beyond their agreement with the
rights' holder.
I've often brought up
Hey Kim
As you know, this is one of the many things that gets me seeing crimson.
I am categorically NOT one of those librarian types that refuses to let go
of traditional function or to embrace new...but: I can see no
justification whatsoever for libraries getting into the business of
picking
As a practical matter Swank really can't license for more than one academic
year. This is what I have been trying to explain re studio product. I think
is is very unlikely they will ever allow Swank, Criterion Pictures ( Fox
films) or even themselves to license for more than a year. Anything is
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[mailto:videolib-boun...@lists.berkeley.edu] On Behalf Of Stanton, Kim
Sent: Thursday, September 30, 2010 3:41 PM
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Subject: [Videolib] Swank Digital Campus
Hi all,
I think
For clarity, unless a contract between a filmmaker and a distributor
specifies that the distributor may not grant licenses that extend
beyond the original Term of the contract, a distributor may license a
film for any given period of time during the original license period.
For example, if
